The area around the Goring Hotel where Kate Middleton is preparing for her
wedding to Prince William was evacuated after police discovered a suspicious
vehicle.

The blue VW estate was discovered at 10.17am, minutes before Miss Middleton's mother, Carole, was due to depart for Westminster Abbey.

The vehicle, with the registration RJ06UUY, was parked on Grosvenor Gardens, around 100 yards from the hotel.

Hundreds of members of the public, photographers and reporters were evacuated from around the hotel by police officers who shouted: "Clear the area immediately for your own safety".

The road was cordoned off with police tape at 10.30.

The police dog squad arrived at 10.32. Around 10.42 police said the vehicle was no longer suspicious.

Meanwhile, 10 people have been arrested on the Royal Wedding route today. Two were held for drunk and disorderly, one assault, one for possession of an offensive weapon – believed to be a knife - two for breach of the peace, one for a public order offence, two for theft and one for another, unspecified, offence.